Skillsoft Blog

As we transition to the new year, it’s time to change the way we talk about digital transformation. It’s time we put more actions in place to accelerate transformation. We’ve exhausted the explanations, the reasons for, and repeatedly discussed why organizations need to transform digitally.Read more

Skillsoft’s Live Events are a powerful way to bring teams together to ignite impactful dialogue and propel organizations forward for success in today’s challenging business context. Now in its 11th year, Skillsoft’s Live Events—a series of live, interactive webcasts featuring cutting-edge thought leaders—continue to inspire both individuals and leaders.Read more

Enterprises today understand that the future they need to plan for is already here. Or as William Gibson, an American-Canadian science-fiction writer wrote, “The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.” How organizations are responding to the idea of a future that is already here varies.Read more

I am a Skillsoft Solution Principal for Business and Leadership serving Western North America and Asia Pacific. In September I took my third world trip of the year meeting customers everywhere from Australia to the Philippines. It is an extraordinary experience taking in such vastly different geographies and culture, but what never fails to astound just how often I hear the same concerns, the same issues repeated.Read more

The learning experience platform (LXP), according to industry insiders, is the L&D profession’s response to the changing needs and expectations of learners. With it, organizations are better positioned to identify and address skill gaps, capture and use data effectively to measure L&D impacts, promote a self-driven learning approach and foster an engaging culture of learning in the workplace.Read more

The Digital Learning Consortium DLC was created to strengthen the digital learning ecosystem for professionals. It was conceived of and started up by IBM and Skillsoft is proud to be a founding member along with GE, PwC, Google, edX, Degreed, Watershed, SAP SuccessFactors and other academic institutions and corporate partners.Read more

New research from the Association for Talent Development (ATD) finally puts to bed any questions about the benefits of mentoring. The findings confirm that organisations with mentoring programmes enjoy higher employee engagement and retention, see greater support for the growth of high-potential employees, and realise both improved intra-organisational relationships and better collaboration and knowledge management and transfer.Read more

Let’s start with a little word association. When we say soft, what other words does that conjure? Balmy, benign, bland, delicate, gentle, light, mellow, mild, nonabrasive, soothing, tender. Hardly the types of words we people use when talking about building up their strength.Read more